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Tom Serpell

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Writer for Sussex Bylines

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 9h
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22h
Trump’s obeisance to Putin has been established beyond even the vaguest scintilla of doubt; the possibility of another January 6-style assault on US democracy after/during the mid-terms is clearly acute and ‘we’ are still wary of calling fascism fascism. These are the moments…
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BadEmoch seems to confuse inherited wealth with hard work. The one does not create the other.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Panorama editor who oversaw entirely discredited episode stitching up Jeremy Corbyn with antisemitism smears wins top job at BBC News. Rachel Jupp is feted as a "trusted troubleshooter". In other words: a safe pair of hands, ready to do the British establishment's dirty work.
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sounds Tory!
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today 04 Oct 2026, marks the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable St. The people of the East End of London stopped Sir Oswald Moseley and his blackshirts from marching through the East End to spew their hatred. There will be celebrations today of the victory of decency and love over hate ⬇️
Red plaque remembering the Battle of Cable St
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Pirate Redux @pirateredux.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Classic sitting and standing or modern freestyle?
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loriagne.bsky.social @loriagne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Big Oil Employees Wrote Paper Behind Kemi Badenoch's North Sea Fantasy – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/06/08/b...
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Big Oil Employees Wrote Paper Behind Kemi Badenoch's North Sea Fantasy
The Conservative leader and her media supporters used a new study as evidence to support her plan to increase drilling in the North Sea, without declaring who was really behind it
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everything Trump and his cabinet have said about the deal is false. Venezuelan law governing oil does not allow for 100-yr deals, or anything longer than 25 years. And US law doesn't allow us to own shares in companies. Plus, the deal as structured won’t bring new capital to Venezuela’s oil sector.
Experts are ultimately skeptical the oil deal can hold together. “The deal is like the big beautiful wall that Mexico will pay for,” said former US diplomat John Feeley.

‘Skin in the game’
It was less than a month after the January US raid that toppled Maduro that Exxon’s CEO, Darren Woods, said the country was “uninvestable” because of the “legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place today”.

Two people familiar with the process said Trump began looking for a way to make sure the US had “skin in the game” – financial ownership that would put investors at ease. The potential answer became the US stake in Betancourt’s firm, North American Blue Energy Partners.

Though the White House and defense department say it has 35% ownership, the Pentagon told lawmakers on the congressional armed services committee in a written briefing seen by the Guardian it has “warrants” in Nabep: rights to purchase shares, rather than the shares themselves.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 26/09/2026
In this week's diary: Pecksniff wonders how long Labour can dodge Brexit * Ed Davey links tax cuts to the single market * Reform’s councillor troubles keep mounting * Farage struggles to control the forces he unleashed * And more... @eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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Pecksniff: Hey, Labour: we need to talk about Brexit
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI is moving fast behind our backs. The guardrails and democratic oversight need to keep up. That’s why I’ll be introducing a new Bill to protect people. Because when someone tells you AI is “all under control”, always ask: Under whose control?
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Overcoming any doubts about imminent fascism
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not sure you can claim to know what the public wants.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The way Conservatives talk about welfare, you’d think people on benefits are living the life of Riley, rather than living under one of the most frugal benefit systems in Europe. The Tories simply don’t believe that you can have a strong economy without penalising the most disadvantaged. #r4today
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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The cost of living crisis, the housing crisis, failing public services... A breeding ground for far right and fascist parties. Burnham's response? I'm consulting with lobbyists to confirm that I mustn't do anything to undermine corporate profitability. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows
Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This sounds like a good idea. A ‘no brainer!’. Apart from Tories, capitalists, ex-pat tax dodgers, bankers etc… who thinks this is a bad idea, and why?
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Latest @yougov.co.uk Favourability Ratings For Party Leaders: PM Andy Burnham has the best net favourability ratings ➕ 7 🔶 Ed Davey is second ➖8 ➡️ Nigel Farage is in last place ➖45
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Backing off donations cap for fear of losing union funding makes no sense. Cap idividual contributions but not membership organisations.
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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Watch as Burnham drops his principles one by one until there are none left.
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why the excitement over scores of job-free data centres if they are as high risk to both the environment and future of life as we know it as seems apparent?
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Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm very disappointed with the government's pathetic response to the thugs on the coast. Apply the Public Order Act 1936, Andy Burnham.
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Minutemen, blackshirts, brownshirts, masked black-dress... what is the difference? Illegal enforcers for political extremists. The government must proscribe them.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/09/2026
Standards in public life matter The story of devolution and the Poulson affair | Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Standards in public life matter
The story of devolution and the Poulson affair
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Richard MSc MSc (Hons) @richisagreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I listened to Farage on an LBC, I was very surprised at his confirmation that he would not allow anything to get in his way. The house of Lords, Judiciary or the Civil Service. Do we have a wannabe dictator who appears to support democratic process until he gains absolute power?
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
See Public Order Act 1936
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Roger Gall "Israel has killed at least 4 times the number of civilians and 25 times the number of children as Russia, as Britain continues full sanctions on Russia while refusing any meaningful sanctions on Israel." Please RT this until Burnham's Labour Govt stops talking & acts. Thanks
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jonahharrow.bsky.social @jonahharrow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
LBC, BBC radio 4 and BBC radio 5 are all broadcasting Farage's speech at the reform party conference in full. LBC and BBC aren't even pretending to be balanced now. That providing an absolute PR service and they're not even disguising it.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The utter hypocrisy of Kemi Badenoch here, after banning myself and the late great David Hencke from Conservative Party conference last year. Needless to say my application to attend this year on behalf of Byline Times has still not been approved
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We do not want them nor did we offer them their title. I doubt they could find Sussex on a map
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I knoq that AI is very clever and useful but why should the world cater for it? We have got here without it. Its owners do nothing for us.
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Yrotitna @yrotitna.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social you say you want to help people with the cost of living. There is a very simple way to revive a dying economy, tear up Starmer’s “red lines” & rejoin the EU. bsky.app/profile/thel...
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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
European Movement UK says 72.8 per cent of firms say that Brexit has had a negative impact on their businesses, 96.4 per cent say it has had a negative impact on their communities, and 98.2 per cent want the UK to rejoin the EU’s single market @labour4europe.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/08/2026
🎉 A historic win in Dover! We have gained Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe from the Conservatives, beating Reform in second place. The Greens can take the fight to Reform and win! 💚
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The fresh new anti-establishment faces of Reform UK... 🤔 Ex-Tory Home Secretary Ex-Tory Shadow Minister Ex-Tory Chairman and MP Millionaire rarely seen in Parliament Millionaire rarely seen in Britain Ex-Tory Councillor Ex-Tory Shadow Minister Ex-Tory Minister Vote Reform. Get failed Tories!
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Typecasting?
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Update
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It is certainly why he should not be
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Alex Sobel MP @alexsobel.co.uk · 11/08/2026
I attended a screening of the People's Emergency Briefing and believe it deserves a national audience. The climate crisis isn't a future threat, it's affecting communities across the UK today. That's why I'm encouraging Channel 4 to broadcast it. 🌍📺 #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Last week Zack Polanski and the Green Party held a press conference with Chris Packham, the BBC did not play full clips of it This morning, Nigel Farage and Reform UK held a press conference, since, the BBC have continued to play full clips from it
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 08/08/2026
Pecksniff patrols the week’s absurdities: Reform's Operation Fortress prepares to storm France's beaches * Badenoch takes on the ‘woke’ right * Lowe’s ‘white British’ definition sends the King to Athens Read on for all this and more ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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Pecksniff: Reform’s plan to invade France
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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The Verge @theverge.com · 08/08/2026
An Amazon-owned site in Pecos County, Texas, received a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
An Amazon-owned site in Pecos County, Texas, received a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2.
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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Nigel Farage’s popularity is plummeting. In Clacton, voters say they are losing faith Nigel Farage’s popularity is at its lowest point since the 2024 election, and next week he faces a by-election of his own making. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Farage’s popularity is plummeting. In Clacton, voters say they are losing faith
Nigel Farage’s popularity is at its lowest point since the 2024 election, and next week he faces a by-election of his own making. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to voters in Clacton about why they are los...
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
That is a strategy?
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Actually they do. Tito. Franco. Stalin. Even Musso lasted quite a while
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
@wesstreeting.bsky.social how about 2 defence budgets? One for protecting the nation. The other under FCO to fight wars when diplomacy fails. You get credit for cutting yr budget. Ed has to think twice about what assets he needs.
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Tom Serpell @leftwithnoparty.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Dear Andy. Redefine the defence budget. A. Actual territorial protection. B. War-fighting at FCO behest and cost.
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